David drives to work. How early do you think he has to leave to get to his job on time?
Whoa, I'm exhausted. I just worked a double, fourteen hours on my feet! What about you, how was your shift?
With a growing business to administer built on her life as a wealthy heiress and celebrity, Paris says her world is nonstop hard work -- but also fun.
Marie Curie is probably the most famous woman scientist who has ever lived. Born Maria Sklodowska in Poland in 1867, she is famous for her work on radioactivity, and was twice a winner of the Nobel Prize.
Work gets a terrible press. Pick up the paper on any day and you'll read about how work is killing our marriages, generating stress, depriving children of 'quality time', hollowing out local communities, and depressing us.
During World War I, Marie Curie, with help from her daughter Irene, worked to develop the use of X-radioactivity, including the mobile units which came to be known as 'Little Curies’, used to treat wounded soldiers.
Marie found her interest drawn to pitchblende, a mineral whose radioactivity, superior to that of pure uranium, could be explained only by the presence of small quantities of an unknown substance of very high activity.
Marie Curie is probably the most famous woman scientist who has ever lived. Born Maria Sklodowska in Poland in 1867, she is famous for her work on radioactivity, and was twice a winner of the Nobel Prize.
Ultimately, our goal must be to begin seeing work as an intrinsic part of our life, rather than an adjunct to it.
Work is becoming too important for it to be of dubious quality. Work is a community, the place where we meet friends and form relationships, a provider of our social as well as our work life.
Work gets a terrible press. Pick up the paper on any day and you'll read about how work is killing our marriages, generating stress, depriving children of 'quality time', hollowing out local communities, and depressing us.
These days employees are expected to be available around the clock. If you take time off or don't work long hours you're seen as uncommitted, and can get left high and dry when bonus time comes around.
Waves of protesters clashed with police and set fires across France as anger intensified against government plans to raise the age for retirement benefits.
The Museum of Natural History in London will return the skeletal remains of 138 indigenous people taken from the Torres Strait Islands in the 19th century, often as curios.
Authorities in the Chinese capital have set new standards for public toilets, including a stipulation that they should contain no more than two flies.
Yeah, it's part of US tradition to have a strong work ethic. Michelle, do you think Americans really like to put in all those hours and do a good job?
I have a strong work ethic. I take pride in doing the best job that I can and make efforts to improve my performance.
Alex: I thought there are regulations about 8-hour work days. Do you pay overtime for the last two hours?
Alex: Hi, nice to meet you. I've been a server before and I like this kind of work. I'm sure that I have the stamina to do the job well.
I emailed the itinerary to you. Does this work? Will you come with me to Paris?
My family has been farming for hundreds of years! It's very hard work. I'm not sure I want to be a farmer.
I want to work on my tan. Remind me to turn over in half an hour so I get brown on front and back.
I want to work on my tan. Remind me to turn over in half an hour so I get brown on front and back.
"Hi Tim - Thanks for taking the time to get on the phone. I work with Elon Musk. He likes ‘Wait But Why’ and was wondering if you'd ever be interested in writing about what's going on in some of the industries he's involved in."
“Great! I'm sure we can make something work.” (Oh boy 👦)
“Sorry, I dropped my phone. Yes, I think I can make that work. Hm let me look at my schedule. Oh, okay, I'm free to do a call anytime between midnight and the next midnight any day in the future while I'm living.“
Oh, I'm really sorry. I thought you were a heavy sleeper not a light sleeper. But also, don't you typically get up for work around now?
Haha maybe you can. My family and work keep me up and about. By the end of the day I'm ready to drop.
Maybe, but I think there's a lot of social status involved in working a lot. It's like everyone, even among friends, is competing to be the busiest person!
Nah, running is too much work. Better to just stand barefoot as the waves come in!
Elephants can paint with their trunk and you can buy their paintings too! This artist works in Thailand.
Finally he's at his desk. Here he takes his time, communicates well, and does great work.
Now he's stuck in traffic a few blocks from work! If the cars don't start moving he'll definitely be late.
David drives to work. How early do you think he has to leave to get to his job on time?
It's a big time savings to work virtually, even a couple of days a week. I love doing my job from home!
It's a big time savings to work virtually, even if only 1-2 days a week -- and big personal benefit too!
David drives to work. How early do you think he must leave to get to his job on time?
David drives his car to work. How early do you think he must leave to get to his job on time?
We're a great team. Whoever we end up working with I know we'll knock their socks off!
If I look on the bright side, I'd say he still loves me but is really stressed. I think he's actually upset with work, not me.
I'm happy we rented a mobile guide. The info is so interesting -- it gives context and makes the art works come alive!
Higher education titles help people burnish their credentials and get ahead. But instead of doing the work themselves, some careerists are employing ghostwriters to write their doctorates for them.
Foxconn, Apple's largest manufacturing partner, is coming under renewed criticism over labor practices after reports that vocational students were being compelled to work at plants making iPhones.
In NYC more than 1.6 million workers, a staggering 45% of the local labor force, are underemployed. They are struggling because their employers do not give them enough hours in the work week.
Higher education degrees help people get ahead. But instead of doing the work themselves, some students cheat and hire ghostwriters to write their thesis for them.